Comment by dtech
4 days ago
Many European nations contributed, it wasn't just the UK. The french were basically the only NATO members who didn't contribute
4 days ago
Many European nations contributed, it wasn't just the UK. The french were basically the only NATO members who didn't contribute
> Many European nations contributed, it wasn't just the UK. The french were basically the only NATO members who didn't contribute
Can you outline how Canada contributed? Because I distinctly remember our PM at the time, Chretien, saying 'no thanks'.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_and_the_Iraq_War
How about Germany?
* https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/aug/06/iraq.johnhoope...
That is not true either. France, Germany, Norway, Belgium, Canada, Greece and Luxembourg all refused to help. NATO was basically split in half on the issue.
And that was when the "French always surrender" meme started to pop up on the Internet. US propaganda at the time